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The State of Scott was a Southern Unionist movement in Scott County, Tennessee, in which the county declared itself a "Free and Independent State" following Tennessee's decision to secede from the United States and align the state with the Confederacy on the eve of the American Civil War in 1861.
- Secession Looms
- If Tennessee Can Secede, So Can Scott County
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When Abraham Lincoln — nominee of the brand-new, anti-slavery Republican Party — was elected President of the United States in 1860, the writing was on the wall. War was inevitable. By late December, South Carolina had seceded from the Union. Three weeks later, Mississippi followed suit, and then Florida one day later. The dominoes began to quickly...
East Tennesseans were furious over the state’s vote to secede. Political leaders from the region first claimed that the vote was fraudulent, then gathered in Greeneville for a convention. There, they petitioned Gov. Harris to allow the eastern portion of the state to secede and form a state of its own. Harris refused, and in response sent troops in...
It wasn’t until 1986 that Scott County formally voted to rejoin the Volunteer State. That summer, as part of Tennessee’s Homecoming celebration, Scott County Commission adopted a resolution that read, “After 125 years of independence, in this the year of Tennessee homecoming, the Scott Commissioners and people of Scott County have declared the Free...
Jul 30, 2023 · At a meeting of Scott County Court in Huntsville, an old farmer is said to have jumped to his feet and proclaimed, “If the goddamn state of Tennessee can secede from the Union, then Scott County can secede from the state of Tennessee.”
Jul 10, 2024 · It’s about the State of Scott – a county in Tennessee that declared itself a free and independent state when Tennessee seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy, kicking off the Civil War.
Jul 3, 2018 · Four days later, Scott County voted against secession by the widest margin of any county in the state — 521-19. Only 3.6 percent of the voters here wanted to leave the Union. The vote was 630-50 in Morgan County, and 651-128 in Fentress County.
Scott County is known for having seceded from Tennessee in protest of the state's decision to join the Confederacy during the Civil War, and subsequently forming The Free and Independent State of Scott.
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Jan 17, 2017 · After Tennessee voted to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy in June 1861, the Scott County Court symbolically voted to secede from Tennessee and form the "Free and Independent State of Scott."
